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 | Come In"So how’s everything looking out there? Over.”
by tamia_silverwing |  | The Parting"There you are." The cloaked Blue Gelert sauntered toward the very end of the Merry Munchin’ Marbluk, a tavern in the Haunted Woods, to meet the Skunk Zafara who sat sullenly with a tankard in a corner table.
by precious_katuch14 |  | Colton and the Hidden KorbatThe Korbat soars through the night, the stars illuminating his wings. His stunning sunset pattern aligns with the sky, almost seamlessly. You wouldn’t be able to notice him, for it not be his pristine golden tail.
by anililbit |  | The Costume PartyHarrison looked at himself in his bedroom mirror. He had been invited to a costume party for Halloween, and he wanted to ensure he stood out. There was going to be a contest for the best costume, and he wanted to win that big Neopoint prize.
by endisnigh |  | Cheese Omelette with a Side of FlatteryIn the beautiful and secluded woods of Brightvale, with early morning sun peering through the thick pine boughs of the forest, there walked a confident Fire Lupe, light on his paws and with cunning in his eyes.
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"The Parting" by precious_katuch14
”There you are.”
The cloaked Blue Gelert sauntered toward the very end of the Merry Munchin’ Marbluk, a tavern in the Haunted Woods, to meet the Skunk Zafara who sat sullenly with a tankard in a corner table. She glanced up, staring at the Gelert hard with deep blue eyes as she tugged at her black and white mane that had been pulled back into a messy ponytail.
“And here you are, Kanrik,” the Zafara said tartly as he pulled out the chair directly in front of her and slid – rather, she thought it more appropriate to say he oozed into the chair. “Let me guess. Now that you’re the leader of the Thieves’ Guild, you want me back?”
Kanrik frowned and glanced away, reaching up to touch the scar on his face. “Good guess.” He took a deep breath and folded his gloved hands on his knee. “Look, I can’t undo a lot of things Galem Darkhand did. But I made sure he’ll never do any of that, to anyone else, ever again, Beatrix.”
After raising her eyebrows, Beatrix shook her head. “And you even got to save an entire race of Bori from extinction. Word is, you’ve also been hanging around that Hannah more often.” She curled her lips into a sardonic grin. “A happy ending, by all accounts, for Kanrik the master thief. He becomes a hero, gains control of the Thieves’ Guild, and Hannah – “
He waved a hand and cut her off. Beatrix merely took a swig of her drink.
“Beatrix Halliday. On behalf of the Thieves’ Guild…I apologise for what happened to your brother and sister. On that day, Galem broke the most important law of the Guild.”
“Yet no one dared to unseat him, after he made a mockery of our Code of Thievery. After he let Segwin and Myrtle...” Her face twisted into a dark frown...
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Next time you are swinging by Brightvale Fruits to pick up more Echtooh Melon to satisfy your cravings for refreshing fruit, consider taking some extra time browsing the aisles to try a new fruit, specifically the Flaming Blooble Fruit.
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Roxton got pneumonia, of course. It added insult to injury, but it wasn’t surprising. In the perpetually cold and humid Neovia you could get pneumonia just by sitting on the grass. And Roxton had inhaled a puddle.
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